Race, slavery, and the origins of the republic -- Slavery in the American Constitutional system -- The pursuit of freedom -- Expansion and slavery in early national politics -- Expansion and slavery in a continental republic -- The territorial question, 1848-1854 -- Toward judicial resolution -- The Taney Court and judicial power -- Dred Scott and his travels -- Versus Emerson -- Versus Sandford -- Before the Supreme Court -- Voices in confusion -- What the Court decided -- The opinion of the Court: Negroes and citizenship -- The opinion of the Court: slavery in the territories -- Concurrence and dissent -- The judges judged -- The Lecompton connection -- The Freeport doctrine -- Not peace but a sword -- Reasons why -- In the stream of history.
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